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. 2016 Jun 14;7:95. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00095

Table 6.

Scales and inventories used to assess posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after TBI.

Name of the scale Abbreviation Clinical utility
Acute Stress Disorder Interview (120) ADIS Interview schedule
Brief Symptoms Inventory (53) BSI Interview schedule
Civilian Mississippi Scale (121) Civilian-MSS Interview schedule
Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (122) CAPS Interview Schedule
Composite International Diagnostic Interview (58) CIDI Interview schedule
Coping Style Questionnaire (123) CSQ Interview Schedule
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 3rd edition [DSM-III: n (63)] DSM-III Diagnose
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 3rd edition-revised [DSM-III-R (100)] DSM-III-R Diagnose
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition [DSM-IV (64, 123)] DSM-IV Diagnose
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition text revision [DSM-IV-TR (124)] DSM-IV-TR Diagnose
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th edition [DSM-5 (125)] DSM-5 Diagnose
Davidson Trauma Scale (126) DTS Interview schedule
Diagnostic Interview Schedule (83) DIS Interview schedule
Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (127) HTQ Interview schedule
Hopkins Symptom Checklist (69) HSCL Interview schedule
International Classification of Diseases 9th edition [International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (71) ICD-9 Diagnose
International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (72) ICD-10 Diagnose
Impact of Events Scale (101) IES Interview schedule
Impact of Events Scale-Revised (128) IES-R Interview schedule
Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 (74, 129) MPAI-4 Interview schedule
Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (130) M-PTSD Interview schedule
Modified Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (131) MPSS-SR Interview schedule
National Women’s Study Posttraumatic Stress Disorder module (132) NWS-PTSD Interview schedule
Patient Health Questionnaire (85) PHQ Interview schedule
Penn Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (133) Penn inventory Interview schedule
Post-Deployment Health Assessment (134) PDHA Interview schedule
Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (135) PDHRA Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (136) PDS Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Scale (137) PSS Interview schedule
Potential Stressful Events Interview (138) PSEI Interview schedule
Present State Examination (87) PSE Interview schedule
Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen (139) PC-PTSD Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (140, 141) PCL Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Civilian version (142) PCL-C Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Military version (143) PCL-M Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Stressor specific (144) PCL-S Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interview (145) PTSD-I Interview schedule
Self-rating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Inventory (146) SIP Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Inventory Revised (147) Revised PTSD inventory Interview schedule
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Scale-Interview (137) PSS-I Interview schedule
Purdue Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (148) Purdue PTSD Interview schedule
Symptoms Checklist 90-Revised (106) SCL-90-R Interview schedule
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (105) SCID Diagnose
Structured Interview for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (149) SI-PTSD Interview schedule
Trauma Symptoms Inventory (150) TSI Interview schedule